On 22 October 2018 in the European Parliament in Strasbourg, MEPs debated on a new law to forbid the sale of single-use plastic products such as cutlery, cotton bud sticks, plates, straws, beverage stirrers and balloon sticks within the EU from 2021. They voted on 24 October: the results were: 571 in favour, 53 against and 34 abstention.